Publications – Hopkins Housing & Health Collaborative
- CONCLUSIONS: Sleep disturbance was an independent risk factor of future cognitive decline in older adults ≥65 years with SCD. Sleep treatment may mitigate this decline, offering a potential intervention strategy.
- Public housing in the United States is often depicted as areas of decay and using racialized tropes about low-income communities of color. Despite these negative portrayals, residents of public housing often characterize their place as meaningful homes where they engage in place-making and community-building to challenge their social marginalization. The presence of strong connections to […]
- Social isolation is a complex problem that harms mental and physical well-being. Older adults living in subsidized housing communities are at high risk for social isolation despite these being congregate settings. Few strategies exist to address this herculean challenge. Nevertheless, human-centered design (HCD) has the potential to yield innovative solutions amid complexity. This collaborative process […]
- CONCLUSIONS: Most older women perceived that it was ethically appropriate for doctors to share messages aimed at reducing breast cancer over-screening with patients.
- CONCLUSIONS: We provide guidance for nurse engagement in three areas: Education, Research and Community Care. Additionally, through literature review, we created a glossary of food-related terms that can be used in nurse advocacy for food equity. Although not an exhaustive list, we compiled and provided definitions of equity-oriented food-related concepts across three categories: food environment, […]
- CONCLUSIONS: Regulating AOD alone may not effectively mitigate overdose risk among PWID. Future research should explore why overdoses among PWID are not sensitive to changes in AOD. Possible explanations to consider are whether (1) AOD is unassociated with alcohol consumption among PWID, or (2) PWID stagger the timing of their alcohol consumption so it does […]
- CONCLUSIONS: Reducing AOD may decrease binge drinking among White and Latinx PWID. Our results suggest, however, that this strategy alone may be not be effective among Black PWID. Holistic strategies targeting structural determinants of alcohol and opioid co-use among Black PWID are needed to address inequities in drug-related harms.
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- BACKGROUND: Examining the experience of organizations implementing evidence-based programs can help future programs address barriers to effective implementation, sustainment, and scaling. CAPABLE is an evidence-based 4-to-6-month program that improves daily function of older adults and modifies their home environments in modest ways to support their goal attainment. Through a guided process, utilizing an occupational therapist, […]
- CONCLUSION: Using the pandemic as a natural experiment to study how changes in household food security status are associated with development, we found that persistent, but not transient, household FI is associated with suboptimal early childhood development. To promote healthy development, pediatricians should promptly intervene to address FI and advocate for governmental programs that promote […]
- INTRODUCTION: Residential segregation and gentrification are associated with a variety of health outcomes. However, few studies in this area have included transgender women, who experience well-documented health inequities. This analysis sought to assess the effects of racialized economic segregation and gentrification on psychological distress and self-rated health (SRH).
- CONCLUSIONS: Contemporary forces of structural racism and homonegativity continue to influence housing access, evidenced by higher loan denial for Black same-sex male couples versus White heterosexual couples. Such discrimination may contribute to the population-level burden of HIV. Anti-discrimination policies that increase access to housing for Black sexual minority men may aid in addressing HIV inequities.
- J Am Geriatr Soc. 2025 Jun 18:10.1111/jgs.19555. doi: 10.1111/jgs.19555. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACT PMID:40530614 | PMC:PMC12303578 | DOI:10.1111/jgs.19555
- CONCLUSIONS: SE measurement is a key part of self-management. Its analysis is limited by the large number of SE scales and potential psychometric shortcomings. Measurement best practices and expansions in the concept of SE are discussed.
- INTRODUCTION: Despite the focus on pediatric social needs, there is a dearth of research on financial strain, which is characterized by challenges in meeting basic needs. This study systematically reviewed the literature on different measures of self-reported financial strain and health outcomes.